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Monthly Archives: September, 2016

Worker safety

Work shouldn’t hurt, says OSEA

Oregon Special Education personnel all too frequently are injured by their students.
Workers Rights

Seattle gets ready to pass fair scheduling law

Will Portland be next?
Building our communities

Machinists’ Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run raises $4,400

Machinists Lodge 63 and Machinists District W24 raised $4,400 for Guide Dogs of America Aug. 27 at the Chuck Drake Memorial Guide Dog Dash...
Comment

Ballot Measure 97: It’s time

By Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain Last Friday afternoon my commute to Salem from the Oregon AFL-CIO office in Portland was an hour and forty-five...
Politics

Support for TPP costs Gov. Kate Brown endorsement from Oregon Machinists

Gov. Kate Brown’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has cost her an endorsement from the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL), the political arm...
Union Organizing

Menzies cabin cleaners go union at PDX

A group of 53 aircraft cabin cleaners at Portland International Airport has joined Service Employees (SEIU) Local 49. The workers are employees of Menzies...
Politics

Sen. Jeff Merkley calls for national motor-voter

Just as Oregon led the nation as the first state to recognize Labor Day as a holiday, the United States should follow Oregon’s lead...
Our Jobs

Portland truck plant layoffs put Machinists pension in danger

Daimler’s Portland truck plant set a new record this summer: Fewest manufacturing jobs ever. The plant, which entered the 21st century with about 3,000...

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